Tell me what I missed! I'd love to be able to have at least 100 upcoming YA/MG releases....Well ok not 100. How about 50? Not too small. There were 58 books last year published by African American authors alone in YA/MG so this year I'm hoping for at least 70. Yes, I'm dreaming big! Also let me know if I mixed up release dates/if I missed out on the fact that an author is a poc, etc.

December 28, 2010 releases (could go either way as a 2010 release or 2011)

@Donura-I'm thrilled to hear that you've put some of these books on your wishlist. My hope for 2011 is to see more YA/MG books about poc being reviewed and bought. I hope you and your girls find books that you can read and love together :)

@Tea-Thank you for taking the time to comment! I hope this list proves to be useful to you.

@cindy-It was so fun to ocmpile this list, I got excited over many books I discovered (:

@Bettina-No problem, thanks for stopping by!

@campbele-Your list is just WOW you find all the really hard ones. I go for the more 'popular' ones, thank goodness you go above and beyond what I do =) I'm pretty sure you just made my list jump from 40 to 58....

@aquafortis-I discovered a few new books to put on my radar too. I just want to see the numbers increase each year and maybe one day, the number of books about poc will be fairly close to the number of books not about poc... (or at least the books with a white main character will have a crush on a poc or be best friends with a poc, etc.)

@Zoe-Thank you for stopping by and for writing Shadows on the Moon. It sounds like a fantastic story. By the way, your cover is gorgeous! It makes me so happy =D

@Jama-No problem at all! Hopefully it will start some pre-orders/wishlist shopping

@Neesha-There are some great authors on here and some authors I'm eager to get-to-know through their books.

@Gretchne-Agreed! There are lots of 2011 YA/MG releases I'm looking forward to but I'm especially pleased to see that there will be more widespread representation (= Thanks for stopping by.

@B.A.-I didn't exactly know what book I would pick first although now that it's January, I picked up a 2011 Jan. debut :) A wonderful dilemma to have!

@crystal-Like I said to B.A. Binns, it's awesome not being able to pick which book to read first! May I recommend Jazz in Love? It's the only one on this list I've read so far and I really really liked it. But I bet Slice of Cherry is going to be fantabulous too. So much to choose :D Thank you so much for passing it on.

@Ms. S-Lots of research =D I love compiling lists so I just start avidly searching through Amazon and Goodreads list of debuts and YA novels coming out in 2011. I had help from the Crazy Quilts list too.

This is an awesome list. Thank you for taking the time to compiling it. As an aspiring author, who's also a person of color, it's very inspiring to see there is a space in the market for my book. Maybe one day, one of my books will be on your list :D

One addition: Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones (Spring 2001) features a Canadian First Nations protagonist. Unfortunately, she barely appears and looks pretty darn white in the book's trailer (grr), but she is much more important and definitely described as First Nations in the text.